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''Drimys granadensis'' is a broadleaf evergreen tree of family
Winteraceae
Winteraceae is a primitive family of tropical trees and shrubs including 93 species in five genera. It is of particular interest because it is such a primitive angiosperm family, distantly related to Magnoliaceae, though it has a much more south ...
. it is native to tropical montane forests from Peru
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to southern Mexico
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Common names in Mexico include al-ca-puc, cashiquec, chachaca, chilillo, palo picante, palo de chile, yaga-bziga, and vaya-yiña.Mario González-Espinosa, Jorge A. Meave, Francisco G. Lorea-Hernández, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez and Adrian C. Newton, eds (2011). ''The Red List of Mexican Cloud Forest Trees''. Fauna & Flora International, Cambridge, UK. 2011.
Description
''Drimys granadensis'' is an evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 12 meters tall, with large white flowers.Range and habitat
''Drimys granadensis'' ranges from Peru through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Central America to southern Mexico. It is typical of mature montane cloud forests of the Northern Andes, Central American Cordillera, and the mountains of southern Mexico. In southern Mexico it is found in cloud forests, and in riparian zones and well-watered ravines in humid oak forests and pine–oak forests, from 1,100 to 3,300 meters elevation.
Subspecies
There are five accepted varieties: * ''Drimys granadensis'' var. ''chiriquiensis'' A.C.Sm. – Panama * ''Drimys granadensis'' var. ''granadensis'' – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, northwest Venezuela * ''Drimys granadensis'' var. ''mexicana'' (DC.) A.C.Sm. – Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas states), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica * ''Drimys granadensis'' var. ''peruviana'' A.C.Sm. – Peru * ''Drimys granadensis'' var. ''uniflora'' (Turcz.) A.C.Sm. – northwest VenezuelaReferences
External links
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q599914 granadensis Flora of western South America Flora of Central America Flora of Mexico Cloud forest flora of Mexico Flora of the Central American montane forests Flora of the Andes Flora of the Talamancan montane forests Flora of the northwestern Andean montane forests